In last week's edition of the Ladder Challenge it was Andre Tippett edging Robert Kraft with 53% of the vote to move up from #34 to #25. This week it's Hog vs Chief in a battle of Hall of Famers. Celtics great Robert Parish (#22) attempts to move up 9 spots by taking on Patriots legend John Hannah (#13). My vote this week goes to Hannah, who was the greatest Patriot of them all at the time of his retirement, gets my vote this week. So who has your vote this week? (And remember, most votes in the comments section is the tie-breaker, so be sure to voice your opinion)
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JOHN HANNAH
Ranked : 13
Started: 13
Challenge Record: 1-0-0
Beat: Dit Clapper
Lost: Nobody
Tied: Nobody
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*Played entire 13-year career (1973-85) for the Patriots.
*Helped Pats win 1985 AFC Championship.
*The #4 overall pick of 1973 NFL Draft.
*Played 183 career games, starting all of them.
*Selected to 9 Pro Bowl teams (1976, 1978-85).
*Selected to 1st Team All Pro 7 times (1976, 1978-81, 1983, 1985).
*Selected to 2nd Team All Pro 3 times (1977, 1982, 1984).
*1980's 1st Team All-Decade Team
*1970's 2nd Team All-Decade Team
*Selected to the NFL's 75th Anniversary Team as the best guard and 2nd best offensive lineman of all-time.
*Named by Sports Illustrated in 1981 as the "Best Offensive Lineman of All Time".
*Named to Patriots 50th Anniversary Team.
*Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
*His #73 is retired by the Patriots.
ROBERT PARISH
Ranked : 22
Started: 24
Challenge Record: 1-1-0
Beat: Dit Clapper
Lost: Nobody
Tied: Nobody
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*Played 14 seasons (1980-94) with Celtics.
*Helped Celts win 3 NBA Championships (1981, 1984, 1986).
*9-time NBA All Star.
*2nd Team All-NBA and 3rd Team All-NBA once each.
*Top 10 in MVP voting twice.
*Celtics regular season career averages: 16.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.54 blocks, .552 FG% and .730 FT% in 1,106 games.
*Celtics playoff career averages of 16.0 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.74 blocks, .508 FG% and .722 FT% in 168 games.
*Finished Top 10 in NBA in: rebounds per game (8x), offensive rebounds (8x), defensive rebounds (7x), rebounds (7x), field goal percentage (6x) and blocks per game (2x).
*Among Celtics all-time leaders in: Blocks (1), Games (2), Rebounds (2), Minutes (3), Field Goals (3), FG % (3), Steals (3), Points (3), Rebounds per Game (4), Field Goal Attempts (5), Free Throws (6) and Free Throw Attempts (6).
*Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.
*His #00 is retired by the Celtics.
It is amazing that Parish played in the NBA 4 years before he joined the Celtics and 3 years after he left, and yet he is 2nd in Celtics franchise history in games played.
Still, my vote goes to Hannah here. While Parish was the 3rd best player on his own teams Hannah was the best player in franchise history until Tom Brady came around. I know this is punishing Parish to some degree for playing on good teams while Hannah played on mostly lousy ones, but it does affect my vote.
I realize there is still plenty of time to vote, but not sure how Parish is winning 7-3. Do folks not remember how good Hannah was?
Could somebody who voted for Parish please explain themselves?
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